What do you expect to see? When there are answers to small prayers and there are no acknowledgements and no spirit of thankfulness, does one expect to see greater miracles? I think not. Faith is built over time according to the determination of the individual that seeks it. As confirmation upon confirmation situates in the individual, God permits larger and larger miracles. The atheist may be almost completely insulated while great things are happening all around him.

April 2004: Pope John Paul II falls illwith a kidney infection. Billions of Christiansall over the world pray for his recovery. Hedies the next week.Now, if a billion identical prayers areignored what is the chance of your singlelonely prayer getting answered?

April 2004: Pope John Paul II falls illwith a kidney infection. Billions of Christiansall over the world pray for his recovery. Hedies the next week.Now, if a billion identical prayers areignored what is the chance of your singlelonely prayer getting answered?

April 2004: Pope John Paul II falls illwith a kidney infection. Billions of Christiansall over the world pray for his recovery. Hedies the next week.Now, if a billion identical prayers areignored what is the chance of your singlelonely prayer getting answered?

So if you're a Pope, you can defy death?

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Hey, Turd-Head, Mitchell simply pointed to all the prayers of the faithful that obviously were completely ignored by your make-believe God. Not whether or not a Pope can die. What the faithful wanted to witness was a "miracle" healing, not that the Pope turn immortal.

Weren't faithful enough, were they? Think you are? Well prove it. Pray that Donald Trump doesn't tell another lie, not one, during the rest of his Presidency.

Surely someone as faithful as yourself could accomplish so simple a task with prayer. Or is it that you're not faithful enough for God to hear your prayers?

If the press catch him in one more lie, will you admit your prayers were completely ineffectual?

Post by GreywolfHey, Turd-Head, Mitchell simply pointed to all the prayers of the faithful that obviously were completely ignored by your make-believe God. Not whether or not a Pope can die. What the faithful wanted to witness was a "miracle" healing, not that the Pope turn immortal.Weren't faithful enough, were they? Think you are? Wellprove it. Pray that Donald Trump doesn't tell anotherlie, not one, during the rest of his Presidency.

ROFL and stuff.

The clever evangelist would pray that Trump tells a liein the next half hour, and that the sun will rise in theeast tomorrow. Then you'd have proof of the miraculouspower of prayer, atheists would be saved, and a.a. wouldhave to shut down.

Post by GreywolfSurely someone as faithful as yourself could accomplishso simple a task with prayer. Or is it that you're notfaithful enough for God to hear your prayers?If the press catch him in one more lie, will you admityour prayers were completely ineffectual?

Post by GreywolfHey, Turd-Head, Mitchell simply pointed to all the prayers of thefaithful that obviously were completely ignored by your make-believeGod. Not whether or not a Pope can die. What the faithful wanted towitness was a "miracle" healing, not that the Pope turn immortal.Weren't faithful enough, were they? Think you are? Wellprove it. Pray that Donald Trump doesn't tell anotherlie, not one, during the rest of his Presidency.

ROFL and stuff.The clever evangelist would pray that Trump tells a liein the next half hour, and that the sun will rise in theeast tomorrow. Then you'd have proof of the miraculouspower of prayer, atheists would be saved, and a.a. wouldhave to shut down.

Post by GreywolfSurely someone as faithful as yourself could accomplishso simple a task with prayer. Or is it that you're notfaithful enough for God to hear your prayers?If the press catch him in one more lie, will you admityour prayers were completely ineffectual?

Post by GreywolfHey, Turd-Head, Mitchell simply pointed to all the prayers of the faithful that obviously were completely ignored by your make-believe God. Not whether or not a Pope can die. What the faithful wanted to witness was a "miracle" healing, not that the Pope turn immortal.Weren't faithful enough, were they? Think you are? Wellprove it. Pray that Donald Trump doesn't tell anotherlie, not one, during the rest of his Presidency.

ROFL and stuff.The clever evangelist would pray that Trump tells a liein the next half hour, and that the sun will rise in thewest tomorrow. Then you'd have proof of the miraculouspower of prayer, atheists would be saved, and a.a. wouldhave to shut down.

Oh shoot! What will the God believers then have to lie about some more? That the universe was created by Santa Clause?

Post by GreywolfSurely someone as faithful as yourself could accomplishso simple a task with prayer. Or is it that you're notfaithful enough for God to hear your prayers?If the press catch him in one more lie, will you admityour prayers were completely ineffectual?

I'm praying that God will ignore my prayers.Guess what!...

By Golly, I think you've proven God is really real!! That was a *proven* miracle!

April 2004: Pope John Paul II falls illwith a kidney infection. Billions of Christiansall over the world pray for his recovery. Hedies the next week.Now, if a billion identical prayers areignored what is the chance of your singlelonely prayer getting answered?

Oh, but that's "ghod wants his saint with him in heaven."Why he couldn't be taken painlessly in his sleep before he gotan infected kidney, well, you tell me.

Post by StanFastI must confess I have not been praying much over the years and you probably know that do you are being consistent in not being truthful.People should know at this point to never take you at your word.

Post by StanFastSmiler, what would happen if every prayer was answered and any requests granted?

No more lotteries.No more gambling of any sort, in fact.

No more divorces.

No more failures in business or personal life.

No more uncertainties in anything, from the outcome of a big drug trialto the latest cookery experiment.

That's what I was going to say.

And then I realised that this would be quite impossible because howwould this god resolve competing prayers? When both teams pray forvictory, only one prayer can be answered. When the wife prays that hertuna casserole will be perfect but hubby prays it won't because hedoesn't like tuna and wants to try out that new steakhouse, only onerequest can be granted. And so on...

Post by StanFastSmiler, what would happen if every prayer was answered and any requests granted?

No more lotteries.No more gambling of any sort, in fact.No more divorces.No more failures in business or personal life.No more uncertainties in anything, from the outcome of a big drug trialto the latest cookery experiment.That's what I was going to say.And then I realised that this would be quite impossible because howwould this god resolve competing prayers? When both teams pray forvictory, only one prayer can be answered. When the wife prays that hertuna casserole will be perfect but hubby prays it won't because hedoesn't like tuna and wants to try out that new steakhouse, only onerequest can be granted. And so on...

Post by Amazing AnswersWhat do you expect to see? When there are answers to small prayers and there are no acknowledgements and no spirit of thankfulness, does one expect to see greater miracles? I think not. Faith is built over time according to the determination of the individual that seeks it. As confirmation upon confirmation situates in the individual, God permits larger and larger miracles. The atheist may be almost completely insulated while great things are happening all around him.

What small prayer?You pray to have your car keys recovered when there are many amputees in this world?Or the blinds or the hunger????

What do you expect to see? When there are answers to small prayers and there are no acknowledgements and no spirit of thankfulness, does one expect to see greater miracles? I think not. Faith is built over time according to the determination of the individual that seeks it. As confirmation upon confirmation situates in the individual, God permits larger and larger miracles. The atheist may be almost completely insulated while great things are happening all around him.________________

The Bible says many times that requests made in prayer will be granted in both the OT and the NT.